AG/RES. 1555 (XXVIII-O/98)

CONSIDERATION OF THE SITUATION OF THE PERMANENT OBSERVERS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE COOPERATION ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council on consideration of the situation of the permanent observers and their participation in the cooperation programs and activities of the Organization (AG/doc.3718/98), submitted in compliance with resolution AG/RES. 1491 (XXVII-O/97);

BEARING IN MIND that the Permanent Council, pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 1491 (XXVII-O/97), is considering the possibility of establishing criteria governing all aspects of participation by those states in the cooperation activities and programs of the Organization;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the analysis conducted in due course by the Permanent Council on this matter and, especially, the conclusions and recommendations contained in Permanent Council resolution CP/RES. 619 (978/94), "Procedures for Granting the Status of Permanent Observer to the Organization"; and

CONSIDERING the advisability of continuing with the study of this important topic,

RESOLVES:

1. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue its consideration of the situation of the permanent observers and their participation in the cooperation activities and programs of the Organization, in the light of the studies prepared by the General Secretariat in keeping with resolution CP/RES. 619 (978/94), and to present a final report on the matter to the General Assembly during its twenty-ninth regular session.

2. To request the General Secretariat to complete the studies requested in the resolution referred to in the previous paragraph, under the coordination of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs, and to institute, through the pertinent departments, appropriate administrative measures to facilitate and lend greater productivity to participation by the permanent observers.